Upgrade Fedora 27 from Fedora 26 Using DNF (F26 to F27)

This is guide, howto upgrade Fedora 26 to Fedora 27 using DNF. This method works on desktop and server machines.

I have tested this method on several machines, but if you have problems, please let me know. Always remember backup, before upgrade!

1. Before Upgrade

1.1 Backup Your Data

Before doing anything, do full system backup or backup at least your important data: documents, pictures, videos, config files, log files, databases etc. This is very important step, because if something goes wrong and you have to do fresh install, then you can easily restore your data.

2. Upgrade Fedora 26 to Fedora 27 using DNF

2.1 Change root user

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i

2.2 Update Fedora 26 Packages

Just make sure that you have all latest packages installed.

dnf update

2.3 Reboot Your System

Just make sure that you are running latest kernel.

reboot

2.4 Install/Update dnf-plugin-system-upgrade package

It’s probably installed already.

dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade --best

2.5 Start Upgrading Using DNF

dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=27

When this finish, check if there is any errors. You might need

--best

and

--allowerasing

options to get all packages downloaded.

2.6 Start (F26 to F27) Upgrade Process

dnf system-upgrade reboot

2.7 Grub 2 Menu Boot with Latest Kernel

2.8 Starting System Upgrade

2.9 dnf-plugin-system-upgrade Upgrading Fedora 26 to Fedora 27

3. Fedora 27 Screenshots

3.1 Fedora 27 GDM Login Screen

3.2 Fedora 27 Plain Desktop Gnome Shell 3.26.1

3.3 Fedora 27 and Gnome 3.26.1

4. Fedora 27 Clean Up Post Upgrade (as root user)

4.1 Rebuilding the RPM DB

rpm --rebuilddb

4.2 Do Distro Sync

dnf distro-sync --setopt=deltarpm=0

4.3 Check All Your Config Files

Use rpmconf to find .rpmnew, .rpmsave and .rpmorig files. You can keep current version, place back old version, watch the diff or merge.